- "O, that this too too solid flesh would melt,/Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!" (I.ii.129-130)
- "But, woe is me, you are so sick of late,/So far from cheer and from your former state" (I.ii.172-173)
- "The time is out of joint. O cursed spite,/That ever I was born to set it right!" (I.v.188-189)
These are just a few examples of where apostrophes are used in Hamlet. They are used to indicate missing letters, to form the possessive case of nouns, and to indicate a contraction.